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Police say a gun fell out of a sock into an employee's hand, then accidentally discharged. Emily Florez reports. (Published Friday, March 7, 2014)

Updated at 11:06 PM CDT on Friday, Mar 7, 2014

Police say a woman's co-worker accidentally shot her Friday morning at a thrift store in Chicago's South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.

Police initially said 54-year-old Maria Carmen Dominguez was fatally shot in the chest when she and the male co-worker were sorting through clothing in a back room, and when he shook a sock from the sorting pile, a gun fell onto the floor and discharged.